Taurus being a bad gun is just a wise tale....
Wow, I guess the amount of people that throw around about just how y Taurus's are, that out of 10 different Taurus firearms that the odds of getting a bad one should be very high. My point is, if people around here and all over the infamous internet speak so bad about how crappy they are, then at LEAST one of the 10 and 1 of the 5 I've owned should have been a dismal failure, so either me and my relatives and friend are either the luckiest SOB's on the face of the planet and should run out and purchase a lottery tickets right now, or we all bought a great product.
I'm leaning towards a great product until one fails on me.
And as a little side note, there is 76 members in the INGO Taurus Owners Group, and amazingly not one of them has posted that they got a crappy one.
INGunOwners - INGO Taurus Owners
I can also also guarantee you that other handgun manufactures have put out a ton of turds, the difference is that because of Taurus's early problems it made it easy for people to biotch about it without the fear of being ridiculed, but just how many people out there got a bad S&W Sigma or other model or Glock, or Kimber who fail to speak up because they don't want people to know that they spent top $$$'s and got a crappy gun. Plenty of them, I know my old neighbor had a S&W that was a piece of turd and he hated talking about it because of the money he spent to buy it.
I have a Judge, and have had NO problems with it.
Ya, sure do, my PT-809 is reaching about the 5000 round mark, used it HandK's CQB class twice and performed flawlessly both times, I've only had 1 FTE and that was ammo related.
I've owned 2 Springfield 1911's a Sig Saur P229 (regret selling this but am buying it back from a relative) Beretta 92 and a Glock that were my dad's and each and every time I keep staying with my Taurus's.
People can say all they want, but I continue to have no problems with any Taurus product I've owned, this includes my first one, a Taurus PT-940 purchased in 2001.
Then there are the people who will defend their poor purchase regardless of reputation or evidence because they don't want to admit they skimped on quality to save a few bucks. These people are also likely to point out the anomalous lemons that the reputable manufactures let slip out as if it correlates somehow to a second tier manufacturer.
Wow, maybe Im a freak. I put 5800 rounds through my Sig last year alone and im nearing 2000 this year.
I sold guns for 18 years. It is a true statement that all manufacturer's have their bad guns from time to time. It's also a true statement that Taurus has more than their share. Your odds of getting a gun from them that will work is good. Your odds are also higher, however, that you will have trouble with it and need for it to be repaired. As they reside at the lower end of the price range in the industry, this shouldn't be much of a surprise to anyone.
You never hear anyone say "I won't buy a Kimber, Glock, Springfield, Sig, etc.". You get what you pay for.